Running Backup Jobs from the Command Line

The following examples show how to run a job from the command line using the BEX utility. To run a job from the command line, you must first define the job. This can be done in one of two ways:

• The job can be defined and saved from within the management console. See Defining a New Backup Job.

• The job can be defined from command line input files. See Job Definition Language.

The simpler method is to define the job from the management console. However, it is sometimes desirable to change the job properties or the backup selection from the command line as a result of an external script.

To define and run jobs, create a second constant file that contains the master server, the user, and password for the software. An example of this initialization file (bex.ini) is as follows:

server DPserver

user sysadmin

password sysadmin